A new literature review upcoming at The Journal of Young Investigators, “The Relationship Between PTSD and Peer Support Among Returning War Veterans,” investigated how peer support services may aid in improving the transition back to civilian life for returning veterans, ultimately finding that pairing treatment with support groups consisting of fellow veterans can help mitigate PTSD symptoms and produce positive social feelings.
3D bioprinting of organs has become a reality, and there are thousands of publications surrounding the field. The need for 3D bioprinting can be associated with many factors, including the increase in human lifespan, with a 6-years increase in lifespan between 2000 and 2019 alone. At the root of increasing lifespan is the biological limitation of the human body. An increase in the chronological age of humans is placing pressure on the biological age and health of individuals, driving the need for regenerative strategies in medicine that focus on rebuilding lost health.
Over the past few centuries, human activities have driven a number of changes to the earth’s ecosystems, some of which have resulted in the collapse breaking down of reproductive barriers between species long considered to be separate, thus leading to the formation of hybrid organisms. In this article, I review the current literature on ways in which invasive species and climate change drive hybridization events in plants and how these events impact both the species directly involved directly and the larger ecosystems in which they live. I then explore examine some of the implications that these events have for species conservation and argue for the importance of developing a flexible research and policy framework for responding to these events when they happen.
